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    Nike pulls out of Russia

    2022-06-23T14:49:00Z

    The U.S. sportswear company Nike is pulling out of the Russian market. The brand had already suspended its activity in the country on March 3 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. In a statement, the brand said that it would not reopen the stores that it had closed ...

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    Adidas sues Nike over alleged technology infringements

    2022-06-18T15:29:00Z

    After Nike last sued Adidas in December 2021 over its Flyknit knitted upper technology, claiming that a total of 49 Adidas shoe models infringed its technology, the German sporting goods company is now accusing the American company in federal court in Texas of “knowingly and intentionally” infringing nine patents related ...

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    StockX defends itself against Nike

    2022-06-09T13:49:00Z

    While online resale platform StockX continues to claim that Nike has a fundamental misunderstanding of NFT, as it originally argued, the company defended its anti-counterfeiting measures in response to Nike’s amended complaint. In a June 6 filing, StockX said the platform has one of the strongest authentication processes in the ...

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    The exodus of Western brands from Russia continues

    2022-06-07T10:53:00Z

    CCC and Vagabond Shoemakers have recently joined a long list of companies that have suspended operations on the Russian market, after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, which led to international sanctions against the country. CCC closed all brick-and-mortar stores and temporarily suspended its online store in Russia. Previously placed ...

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    Nike to launch glue-less shoes in June

    2022-05-01T09:23:00Z

    The Nike ISPA team (Improvise; Scavenge; Protect; Adapt), which experiments with new, unorthodox products and manufacturing methods, will introduce a new shoe model this spring that showcases the brand’s innovative capabilities and offer a glimpse into the future of circular design: The Nike ISPA Link. And in 2023, the next ...

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    Vans sues MSCHF for Wavy Baby sneaker

    2022-04-19T06:55:00Z

    Vans is suing the Brooklyn-based art collective MSCHF for its new MSCHF x Tyga ”Wavy Baby” sneaker which Vans alleges copied its Old Skool model, according to a lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of New York. “The Wavy Baby shoe blatantly and unmistakably incorporates Vans’ iconic trademarks and trade ...

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    ​The Russian footwear market faces a perfect storm

    2022-03-10T17:42:00Z

    The Russian market is braced for major turbulence after dozens of footwear brands pulled out of the country following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent introduction of international sanctions. Adidas, Nike and Puma have joined the long list of international brands that have quit the country’s market, along ...

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    Vietnam sees leather goods, footwear exports up 10-15% in 2022

    2022-02-16T10:44:00Z

    Vietnam’s exports of leather, footwear and bags this year are expected to increase by 10-15 percent in 2022 to $23-25 billion, according to the Vietnamese leather, footwear and handbag association, Lefaso. In 2021, Vietnamese exports of leather, footwear and handbags increased by 4.6 percent to $20.78 billion, with footwear exports ...

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    A quarter of Nike shoes in Russia are fakes

    2022-02-07T09:12:00Z

    Roughly 25 percent of all Nike shoes on the Russian market are fakes, showed a research conducted by the Russian business union Social Consumer Initiative. The share of counterfeit products ranges between 0 and 5 percent for Adidas, Asics, New Balance, Reebok, Puma and Skechers, said Oleg Pavlov, head of ...

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    Belarus may face a shoe shortage

    2021-11-29T08:37:00Z

    Nike, Lamoda, Sportmaster and Detsky Mir have notified the Belarusian government about a possible suspension of shoe exports to the country due to problems with a local labelling system that was introduced on Nov. 1. The companies complained, in particular, about issues arising from the Belarusian monitoring system, which generates ...

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    Nike settles with Skechers

    2021-11-28T08:34:00Z

    Nike and Skechers have reached a settlement at undisclosed conditions of their long-standing legal battle, putting an end to three intellectual property lawsuits after the mediation of a judge for the Central District of California. The dispute started in January 2016, when Nike accused Skechers of using design elements of ...

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    Nike under suspicion of greenwashing in German media

    2021-11-15T14:36:00Z

    In a broad investigative joint journalistic effort, several German media have chased down returned Nike footwear (used and new) that had been tagged with GPS trackers and went into a recycling plant in Herenthout, Belgium, to be destroyed and recycled into the “Grind” material that Nike uses for gym floors, ...

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    Nike cuts guidance as supply chain woes worsen in Q1

    2021-09-28T14:45:00Z

    The Nike group cut its guidance for fiscal year 2022 despite strong consumer demand, as it warned of inventory shortages over the next few quarters in the face of continuing supply chain headwinds that already took their toll on its sales performance in the first quarter ended Aug. 31. Nike’s ...

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    Percassi opens another Nike store in Barcelona

    2021-09-23T16:17:00Z

    Last year Nike made Italy’s Percassi Group its preferred partner in southern Europe, opening six stores with the Italian firm in Greece, Italy and Portugal as well as a flagship on a major thoroughfare in Barcelona, Paseo de Gracia. According to Palco23, a Spanish news service covering the sports business, ...

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    Extended Covid restrictions in Vietnam are hitting companies hard

    2021-09-15T09:49:00Z

    Footwear brands expected to suffer considerable damage from a decision by Vietnamese authorities to extend their strict Covid-19 restrictions in the Ho Chi Minh City region until the end of the month. They were originally scheduled to be lifted on Sept. 15, but the measures taken so far have prevented ...

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    Nike to explore Newlight's carbon-negative material

    2021-09-05T14:38:00Z

    Nike and California-based Newlight Technologies have entered a partnership to explore the use of AirCarbon, an energy storage material, in a variety of applications within Nike’s supply chain and manufacturing. According to a press release, the collaboration is part of Nike’s plans to accelerate its carbon reduction plans, as materials ...

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    JD Sports and Nike launch virtual sneaker try-on event on TikTok

    2021-08-22T09:35:00Z

    JD Sports is launching an interactive social media campaign, created in close partnership with TikTok’s Creative Lab, to support the release of Nike’s new Air VaporMax. Thanks to a 3D augmented reality branded effect, any TikTok user will be able to virtually superimpose the new shoes in three different colors ...

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    OVS jumps to top of fashion transparency ranking but sector progress ‘too slow’

    2021-07-09T12:18:00Z

    The Italian retailer OVS jumped to the top spot in the 2021 Fashion Transparency Index published by Fashion Revolution as the global activism movement pushing for greater disclosure in fashion supply chains warned that progress in transparency in the sector generally remains “too slow”. OVS reached 78 percent of the ...

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    Nike launches sneaker range made from pineapple leaf fibers

    2021-06-22T17:57:00Z

    Nike has teamed up with Piñatex on the “Happy Pineapple” pack, a collection of sneakers that use a pineapple-based material. The silhouettes featured in the new pack include the Nike Air Force 1, Free Run Trail, Air Max 95, Air Max 90 and Air Zoom-Type. All the five silhouettes are ...

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    Nike is the most resold brand

    2021-06-20T11:19:00Z

    According to the British energy comparison website SaveOnEnergy, Nike is “by far” the most resold brand in the world. Based on the survey carried out from June 4 to 7, it found that the brand had a “staggering” 1,160,153 listings in total across the resale sites Depop, eBay, Asos Marketplace, ...